Curtain-fixture



(No Model.)

IN VE N T0 W Wm M ATTORNEZJ NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ANDREIV JOHNSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CURTAIN-FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,489, dated May 5, 1896. Application filed June 22, 1895. Serial No. 553,650. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Springfield, county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in (hirtain-Fixtnres, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to curtain-fixtures, and the object thereof is to provide an improved curtain pole or support provided with spring-operated or other clamps, which extend along the pole in contact therewith, and

, means by which a curtain, portiere, or similar article may be connected therewith and suspended therefrom.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved ourtain-fixture, and Fig. 2 a transverse section thereof.

In the practice of my invention I employ a pole A, of any desired form and material, preferably cylindrical, and this pole is supported by a bracket consisting of the arms B and 0, formed from a single strip of metal and provided with a semicircular curve D in which the pole rests. Connected with the arm B or that part thereof which is secured to the wall, window-frame, or other support, or formed integrally therewith, is a spring-arm E, and one of these spring-arms is employed at each end of the pole in connection with each bracket, and secured to the outer ends of the springarms and supported thereby is a plate or bar 1*, provided with a longitudinal projecting plate or spline G, formed of rubber or any other preferred material, adapted to bear upon the pole and held in contact therewith by the spring-arms B and O.

In attaching the end of a curtain, portiere, or other article to my improved pole or support it is only necessary to raise the bar F against the operation of the spring-arms E and insert the end of the curtain or other article beneath the plate or spline G, where it will be securely held thereby. With this construction the means by which the curtain is connected with the pole are concealed from view and the curtain extends over the pole and hides the central portion or body thereof when viewed from in front, and it will be seen that my improved'curtain-support is simple in construction and operation and well adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended.

It is evident that changes in and modifications of the construction described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make such alterations therein as fairly come within the scope thereof.

Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcut- 1. The combination with the bracket or support and the curtainpole secured therein, of

a springarm suitablysecured to said bracket,

the horizontal plate or bar carried by said arm and the projection or spline adapted to be forced against said pole and retain the curtain in contact therewith, substantially as herein described.

2. In combination with the brackets or sup ports having flanges adapted to be secured to the wall or window-frame, and the curtainpole secured within said brackets, of the spring-arm secured to said brackets the horizontal bar secured to the outer end of said arm and the projection or spline carried by said bar, whereby said spline is forced against said pole to retain the curtain in position thereon, substantially as herein described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 15th day of June, 1895.

'ANDREW JOHNSON.

\Vitnesses:

RALPH W. ELLIs, WILLIAM A. HUrcrnNs. 

